2 Thessalonians 3:12

WEB

¹²Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that they work with quietness and eat their own bread.

KJV

¹²Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

BSB

¹²We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.

FBV

¹²We're ordering such people, urging them in the Lord Jesus, to settle down and work to pay for their own food.

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Extra References

Ephesians 4:28

²⁸Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

¹¹and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you,

2 Thessalonians 3:8

⁸neither did we eat bread from anyone’s hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

⁶Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

Proverbs 17:1

¹Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.

¹⁴“Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags. ¹⁵He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

¹Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.

1 Timothy 2:2

²for kings and all who are in high places, that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence.